Hayley Desjardins, 12, of Saco, urgently needs a bone marrow transplant to treat her aplastic anemia, a rare and serious bone marrow failure disease that occurs when the body stops producing enough new blood cells. Desjardins family photo
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Hayley Desjardins, 12, of Saco, urgently needs a bone marrow transplant to treat her aplastic anemia, a rare and serious bone marrow failure disease that occurs when the body stops producing enough new blood cells.
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Regina Martin of Woolwich swabs her cheeks during a bone marrow drive for Desjardins at the Maine Medical Center in Portland. The swabs are analyzed to register the bone marrow types of donors to a national registry.
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Ashley Cox, a donor recruiter with Delete Blood Cancer, signs up volunteers during a bone marrow drive.
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Dorice Groshon, left, and Allison Keith swab their cheeks during a bone marrow drive for Saco resident Hayley Desjardins.
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After swabbing the insides of his checks, a volunteer deposits his swabs into a collection envelope.
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Hayley Desjardins, left, has fun with her younger sister Maddison.